There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the J-League table so far. Here's the Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Avispa Fukuoka latest:
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sanfrecce and Avispa Fukuoka.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sanfrecce Hiroshima have to build on here at EDION Stadium in the J-League.
The Sanfrecce crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Vegalta Sendai here at EDION Stadium in a Nabisco Cup match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Kawasaki Frontale that finished 1-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sanfrecce Hiroshima's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn one and lost one.
There will be little rest for Sanfrecce Hiroshima after this match as they are travelling to Shimizu S-Pulse for a Nabisco Cup game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sanfrecce here at EDION Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Sanfrecce have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Two travels in a row for Avispa Fukuoka, whose manager S. Hasebe could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Sagan Tosu. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Tokyo in the J-League.
J. Croux came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sagan Tosu last time out, making the manager S. Hasebe feel like a tactical genius.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Avispa Fukuoka when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing three and winning zero games.
The schedule is very tough for Fukuoka now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Nabisco Cup game at Consadole Sapporo is waiting in only four days.
Avispa Fukuoka find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Fukuoka have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: six - two - one (Sanfrecce wins - draws - Avispa Fukuoka wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Asano 3 goals |   E. Salomonsson 3 goals | T. Kanamori 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.2 | 8.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 31% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 44% | 41% |
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 2 |